Statistical data set

Vehicle licensing statistics data tables

Detailed statistics about vehicle licensing and registered vehicles in the United Kingdom.

From:
Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Published
24 May 2022
Last updated
13 August 2025 — See all updates

Data files containing detailed information about vehicles in the UK are also available, including make and model data.

Some tables have been withdrawn and replaced. The table index for this statistical series has been updated to provide a full map between the old and new numbering systems used in this page.

Tables VEH0101 and VEH1104 have not yet been revised to include the recent changes to Large Goods Vehicles (LGV) and Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) definitions for data earlier than 2023 quarter 4. This will be amended as soon as possible.

All vehicles

Licensed vehicles

Overview

VEH0101: Vehicles at the end of the quarter by licence status and body type: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 154 KB)

Detailed breakdowns

VEH0103: Licensed vehicles at the end of the year by tax class: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 33 KB)

VEH0105: Licensed vehicles at the end of the quarter by body type, fuel type, keepership (private and company) and upper and lower tier local authority: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 16 MB)

VEH0206: Licensed cars at the end of the year by VED band and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 42.3 KB)

VEH0601: Licensed buses and coaches at the end of the year by body type detail: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 24.6 KB)

VEH1102: Licensed vehicles at the end of the year by body type and keepership (private and company): Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 146 KB)

VEH1103: Licensed vehicles at the end of the quarter by body type and fuel type: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 1010 KB)

VEH1104: Licensed vehicles at the end of the quarter by body type and region: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 206 KB)

VEH1107: Licensed vehicles at the end of the year by body type and number of years since first use: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 273 KB)

VEH1108: Licensed vehicles at the end of the year by body type, number of keepers and year of first registration: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 3.68 MB)

VEH1111: Licensed vehicles at the end of the year by body type, fuel type and year of first use: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 3.34 MB)

Bespoke

VEH9901: Licensed road using cars and light goods vehicles by local authority, body type, fuel type, CO2 band, keepership, and year of first registration (ODS, 15.9 MB)

Vehicles registered for the first time

Overview

VEH0150: Vehicles registered for the first time by body type: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 325 KB)

Detailed breakdowns

VEH0153: Motor vehicles registered for the first time by tax class: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 32.8 KB)

VEH0156: Provisional average reported carbon dioxide (CO2) emission figures of vehicles registered for the first time by body type, fuel type and measure: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 336 KB)

VEH0256: Cars registered for the first time by VED band and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 611 KB)

VEH0556: Heavy goods vehicles registered for the first time by gross vehicle weight (tonnes): Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 29 KB)

VEH0651: Buses and coaches registered for the first time by body type detail: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 22.5 KB)

VEH1153: Vehicles registered for the first time by body type, fuel type and keepership (private and company): Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 11.9 MB)

VEH1154: Vehicles registered for the first time by body type and region: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 56.6 KB)

Plug-in vehicles

Licensed vehicles

VEH0141: Licensed plug-in vehicles (PiVs) at the end of the quarter by body type and fuel type, including breakdown of generic models: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 424 KB)

VEH0142: Licensed plug-in vehicles (PiVs) at the end of the quarter by body type, fuel type, keepership (private and company) and upper and lower tier local authority: United Kingdom (ODS, 7.31 MB)

Vehicles registered for the first time

VEH0181: Plug-in vehicles (PiVs) registered for the first time by body type and fuel type, including breakdown of generic models: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 784 KB)

VEH0182: Plug-in vehicles (PiVs) registered for the first time by body type and region: United Kingdom (ODS, 338 KB)

Ultra low emission vehicles

Licensed vehicles

VEH0132: Licensed ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) at the end of the quarter by fuel type, keepership (private and company) and upper and lower tier local authority: United Kingdom (ODS, 1.92 MB)

VEH0133: Licensed ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) at the end of the quarter by body type and fuel type, including breakdown of generic models: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 565 KB)

Vehicles registered for the first time

VEH0171: Ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) registered for the first time by body type and fuel type, including breakdown of generic models: Great Britain and United Kingdom (ODS, 1010 KB)

VEH0172: Ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) registered for the first time by body type and region: United Kingdom (ODS, 342 KB)

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Vehicles statistics

Updates to this page

Published 24 May 2022
Last updated 13 August 2025 show all updates

  1. Vehicle licensing statistics for January to March 2025 published.

  2. Data tables updated for the 2024 vehicle licensing report.

  3. Data tables updated for the latest quarterly vehicle licensing report for April to June 2024.

  4. Data tables updated for the latest quarterly vehicle licensing report for January to March 2024.

  5. Data tables updated for the 2023 vehicle licensing report.

  6. Data tables updated for the latest quarterly data for July to September 2023.

  7. Data tables updated for the April to June 2023 vehicle licensing report.

  8. Data tables for the January to March 2023 quarterly report have been updated.

  9. Data tables updated for the vehicle licensing statistics 2022 report. A new data table (VEH9901) has been added.

  10. Data tables updated for the quarterly vehicle licensing report for July to September 2022. Note for table VEH0133 added.

  11. Data tables updated for the quarterly vehicle licensing report for April to June 2022.

  12. Data tables updated for the quarterly vehicle licensing report for January to March 2022.

  13. First published.

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